黃芊妤 教授

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黃芊妤 教授
C. Julia Huang 
研究室:人社院C617
電話:03-574-2820
Email: cyhuang@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1334-614X

主要田野區域: 台灣,美國,馬來西亞
研究領域:全球化、宗教、身體捐贈、組織研究

學位 

美國波士頓大學文化人類學博士 

美國波士頓大學文化人類學碩士  

國立台灣大學社會學學士

經歷

2026迄今 國立清華大學人文社會學院台灣研究教師在職專班主任
2024迄今 國立清華大學人類學研究所教授  
2024 國立台南藝術大學高階藝術管理碩士學位學程教授 
2022迄今 約聘研究顧問Communitology
2019–2023 美國德寶大學人類系兼任教授
2014–2016 美國史丹佛大學何鴻毅佛教研究中心訪問學者
2017 美國國家亞洲研究局約聘顧問
2016– 2017 世界銀行約聘顧問.
2016 德國古亭根「精神」暑期學校兼任講師
2015 美國史丹佛大學人類系兼任講師
2013–2014 美國加州大學伯克萊分校東亞研究所訪問學者
2002–2018 國立清華大學人類學研究所暨人文社會學院學士班教授 (副教授2005-2011; 助理教授2002-2005) 
2010 新加坡國立大學亞洲研究所資深訪問研究員  
2008 國家科技委員會-(荷蘭萊登)國際亞洲研究所訪問學者 
2007–2009 國立清華大學性別與社會研究室召集人
2007–2008 國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班人類學程召集人
2006-2007 美國哈佛燕京學社訪問學者 
2006 國立暨南大學東南亞研究中心兼任研究員 
2003–2004 國立清華大學性別與社會研究室副召集人
(2002-2003) 美國哥倫比亞大學東亞研究所博士後研究(與清大聘任衝突而放棄) 
2001-2002 美國哈佛大學世界宗教研究中心資深訪問學者.
2000–2001 奧地利維也納人類科學研究院年輕訪問研究員
2000 美國拉薩爾學院社會人類學系兼任講師.
1999 中央研究院民族學研究所約聘研究佐理員 
1997-1999 中央研究院民族學研究所訪問學員。
1989-1990 中央研究院民族學研究所約聘研究助理。
榮譽、獲獎
2027 瑞士布樓諧基金會駐村學者 
2012 英國劍橋大學川流台灣研究講座
2010 中央研究院年輕學者著作獎
2010 新加坡國立大學亞洲研究院資深訪問學者
2010 新加坡國立大學亞洲研究院講座
2009 國家科技委員會吳大猷博士紀念獎
2006 美國哈佛燕京學者
2008 國家科技委員會-(荷蘭萊登)國際亞洲研究所訪問學者
2003 國立清華大學新進人員研究獎
2001 美國哈佛大學世界宗教研究中心資深學者
2000 美國哈佛大學世界宗教研究中心宗教與全球化講座
2000 奧地利維也納人類科學研究院年輕訪問學者
1997 北美辦事處與波士頓大學博士研究獎學金
1990-1992 美國波士頓大學Earhart 獎助
會議/組織職位、期刊/出版社編輯委員
2026 迄今 編輯委員. International Studies of Taiwan Studies. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill. Website: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml
2026迄今 秘書. East Asian Society for Scientific Studies of Religion (EASSSR)
2023-2024 學術諮詢顧問,佛教慈濟慈善基金會 
2022迄今 諮詢委員,《印證佛學期刊》中文版。聯經
2017-2018 編輯委員,《台灣人類學刊》
2015-2017 共同主編. Book series: Studies in Body and Religion. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, USA
2010-2012 委員. Section Program Committee, Society for East Asian Anthropology, annual meeting of American Anthropological Association
2009-2011 議員. Society for East Asian Anthropology, annual meeting of American Anthropological Association
2009-2011 編輯委員. Journal of Global Buddhism
田野工作
台灣、華人散居(美國、馬來西亞、新加坡、日本)、越南、中國
研究
出版著作
專書
2017      Religion and Charity: The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (co-authored with Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu, with Lizhu Fan). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. . ISBN: 9781108290821 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290821
2009 Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 9780674031333
出版中 《聖格與慈悲:證嚴法師、佛教慈濟與全球化台灣》(暫定)台北:左岸出版社。
主編專刊
2003      Guest Editor. Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn). 
學術期刊論文(匿名審查)
2023 “Buddhist Ethics Regarding Cadaver Donations for Science in Taiwan.” Special issue, “Buddhist Moral Emotions,” edited by Sara A. Swenson and Jessica Starling, Journal of Religious Ethics, vol. 51, no. 4 (December), pp. 782-804. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12460
2017 “Scientific and Sacramental: Secularization of Buddhism and Sacralization of Medical Science in Tzu Chi (Ciji).” Journal of Global Buddhism, vol. 18, pp. 72–90. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1248036
媒體專訪:
https://faculti.net/scientific-and-sacramental/ 
2013 “Buddhism and Its Trust Networks between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” The Eastern Buddhist (イースタン・ブディスト), vol. 44, no. 2, 2013, pp. 59–76. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44362568. Accessed 6 Sept. 2024. URL: https://www.jstor.org/journal/eastbudd
2013 “Beyond Taiwan: Taiwan Buddhism on a Global Stage.” 《台灣宗教研究》, 12, 1–2期: 31–55. URL: 華藝 (www.airitilibrary.com)
2009 “Genealogies of NGO-ness: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Movement in Taiwan.” positions: east asia cultures critique, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 347–374. DOI: 10.1215/10679847-2009-006
2008 “Gendered Charisma in the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 29–47. DOI: 10.1525/nr.2008.12.2.29
2005  “Global Engaged Buddhism: The Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation from Taiwan.” 《台灣宗教研究》, 5, 1期:1–38. URL: 華藝 (www.airitilibrary.com)
2003 “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism.” Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn), pp. 20–-216. DOI: 10.1163/156805803322799538
2003 ‘Sacred or Profane?’ The Compassion Relief Movement’s Transnationalism in Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and Malaysia.” Special issue, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn), pp. 217–241. DOI: 10.1163/156805803322799547
2003 “Weeping in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Ethnology, vol. 42, no. 1 (Winter), pp. 73–86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2658829
1998         “Merit and Mothering: Women and Social Welfare in Taiwanese Buddhism.” Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 379–396. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2658829
中文版: 魏樂、黃倩玉著,蔡美玉譯,賢德與母職:慈濟功德會的女性與社會福利,《跨文化的想像主體性:臺灣後殖民/女性研究論述》,邱子修主編,頁 333–370。台北:國立台灣大學出版中心,2012年。
韓文版
: “Kongdŏk kwa ŏmŏni ŭi posalp’im” 功德 어머니의 보살핌.” In Taeman Pulgyo ŭi 5 kaji sŏnggong k’odŭ 臺灣佛敎 5 가지 成功코드 (Five success codes of Taiwanese Buddhism), edited by Pulgwang Institute, 353–392. Seoul: Pulgwang Press, 2012.
專書中一章
出版中 “Buddhism,” “Humanistic Buddhism,” “Religion and Charity,” “Gender and Religion.” Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies, edited by H. H. Michael Hsiao. Brill: The Netherlands. DOI: 10.1163/2667-1301-ETSO-all
2020 “Philanthropy and The Religious Life of Goodness in China.” In Handbook on Religion in China, edited by Stephan Feuchtwang, pp. 34–53. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu.) URL: Edward Elgar Publishing: Handbook on Religion in China
2019 “The End(s) of Compassion: Buddhist Charity and the State in Taiwan.” In Governing Gifts: Faith, Charity, and the Security State, edited by Erica C. James, pp. 39–58. Santa Fe, New Mexica: School for Advanced Research Press and University of New Mexico Press. Project MUSE or JSTOR
2016 有了小小的家,才能感受世界之大,《時間教會我的事:給年輕的你,我們用30年歲月驗證的人生》,丘美珍編, 147–149. 台北:悅知出版社。
2014 “From Diasporic to Ecumenical: The Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malaysia.” In Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Asia, edited by Juliana Finucane and R. Michael Feener, pp. 191–209. ARI-Springer Asian Series, Volume 4. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Springer Science+Business.(DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-18-5_10
2013 “The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Taiwanese Buddhist NGO.” In The Anthropology of Religious Charisma: Ecstasies and Institutions, edited by Charles Lindholm, pp. 101–116. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1057/9781137377630_6
2012 “Religion-Based Social Capital and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of a Buddhist Welfare Organization in Malacca, Malaysia.” In Vibrant Societies: The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia, edited by Amrita G. Daniere and Hy Van Luong, pp. 127–144. New York: Routledge. URL: Routledge / Taylor & Francis Platform
2011 “Gender and Sexuality.” Chapter 6 in Chinese Religious Life, edited by David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, and Philip L. Wickeri, 107–123. New York: Oxford University Press. (Co-authored with Elena Valussi and David A. Palmer.) DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731398.003.0007
2010 “Tranh luận với quan niệm về hiện tượng xuyên quốc gia: Một vàn hận xét ban đâu về những nữ di dân người Việt lấy chồng ở Đài Loan và miền Nam Việt Nam.” Hiện Đại Và Động Thái Của Truyền Thống Ở Việt Nam: Những Cách Tiếp Cận Nhân Học, Quyển 1, ban biên tập, Lương Văn Hy, Ngô Văn Lệ, Nguyễn Văn Tiệp, Phan Thị Yến Tuyết, pp. 521-534. Nhà Xuất Bản Đại Học Quốc Gia, TP. Hồ Chí Minh. (C. Julia Huang và Kuang-ting Chuang). “Writing Against Transnationalism: Preliminary Notes on Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan and Southern Vietnam.” In Modernities and Dynamics of Traditions in Vietnam: Anthropological Approaches, edited by Luong Van Hy et al. Ho Chi Minh City: National University Press. (Co-authored with Kuang-ting Chuang; in English and Vietnamese.)
2009 宗教跨國 . 跨國宗教。《流轉跨界:台灣的跨國,跨國的台灣], 王宏仁、郭佩宜編, 73–103. 台北:中研院亞太研究 
2007 “Charisma in Motion: Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and Malaysia.” In Cities in Motion: Interior, Coast, and Diaspora in Transnational China, edited by Sherman Cochran and David Strand; Wen-hsin Yeh, general editor, pp. 272–294. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies. (Co-authored with Robert P. Weller.)
2007 “Buddhist Education and Civil Society in Modern Taiwan: Notes from the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation's Mission of Education.” In Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Mutsu Hsu, Jinghua Chen, and Lori Meeks, pp. 269–283. Hualien, Taiwan: Tzu Chi University Press.
2005 “The Compassion Relief Diaspora.” In Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, edited by Linda Learman, pp. 85–209. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. (Book DOI: 10.1515/9780824840211).
2005 “CIJI or Tzu-Chi.” In Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd edition, edited by Lindsay Jones, pp. 1787–1790. New York: Macmillan Reference.
2003 “The Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation of Taiwan.” In Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism, edited by Christopher Queen, Charles Prebish, Damien Keown, pp. 136–153. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
2003 “Global Engagement and Transnational Practice: A Case Study of the Buddhist Compassionate-Relief (Ciji) Foundation in Taiwan.” In 《全球化下的社会变迁与非政府组织》 ,范麗珠編,頁496–515。上海:上海人民出版社。
2002 “What Travels? Notes on a Globalizing Buddhist Movement from Taiwan.” In Questionable Returns, edited by Andrew Bove, IWM Junior Fellows Conference, vol. 12, Vienna, Austria, in CD-ROM and on-line. URL: IWM Publications Archive
2000 時勢造英雌:十九世紀西方與二十世紀台灣慈善婦女運動《台灣的社會福利運動》,蕭新煌、林國明合編,頁 459–502。台北:巨流出版社。
書評與專業報告
2025 無神的土地上尋找心靈依歸:談曙光家園。《2025台灣國際民族誌影展特刊》125-127. “Searching for Spiritual Belonging in a Godless Land: On Abode of Dawn,” in 2025 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, pp. 128-130.
2022 推薦序:全方位的慈濟研究,《慈濟學概論》,何日生著,台北:聯經。https://www.linkingbooks.com.tw/LNB/book/Book.aspx?ID=120024#recommendation 
2022 Review. Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions, edited by Ji Zhe, Gareth Fisher, and André Laliberté. Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific, vol. 95, no. 2 (June). https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-film-reviews/book-reviews/forthcoming-book-reviews/
2021 Review. Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World, by Scott Pacey. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 81, issue 1 (June). https://muse.jhu.edu/article/868784
2018 “Religious Ties between Taiwan and Southeast Asia.” The National Bureau of Asian Research. https://www.nbr.org/publication/religious-ties-between-taiwan-and-southeast-asia/
2014 Notes. “Islamic Philanthropies in Northwest China,” by Man Ke and Hao Sumin. Inter-Asia Roundtable 2013: Religion & Development in China: Innovations & Implications, 17–18 October 2013, edited by R. Michael Feener and Wu Keping, pp. 69–72. Singapore: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
2010 一段更漫長的旅程:也談專書出版的經驗。《國科會人文社會簡訊》,10卷4期:39-44.
2009         導讀:自傳式的全球化,《消失的現代性:全球化的文化向度,Arjun Appadurai 著,鄭子愷譯,頁ix–xvi。台北:群學出版社。
2008 Review. Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan, by Richard Madsen. Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 67, no. 4 (November), pp. 1428–1429.
2004 書評:與神共餐 [Food for the Gods]. 《中國時報》,1219日。
受邀國際講座(含部分台灣演講)
2021 “Charisma and Compassion.” Tzu Chi Studies 2021 Lecture Series, “Theory and Practice.” Tzu Chi University, Taiwan. October 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26DXXDnEevg&t=7041s
2020 “Taiwan Buddhism, the Diaspora, and Industrial Philanthropy” and “Modern Buddhism and Donation to Science.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, March 4 and 9, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2019 “Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism” and “Dying to Give: Modern Buddhism and Donation to Science.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, February 4 and 6, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2018 “Fettering Secularization: Buddhism and Modern Medical Science in Taiwan.” San Jose State University, May 5, San Jose, California, U.S.A.
“Buddhism and Medical Care: The Case of Tzu Chi (Ciji).” Workshop, “The Logic of Sanctuary: Religious Mobilization in Non-Sovereign Spaces.” Duke University, February 8–9, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
2017 “Beyond Taiwan: Buddhism and Globalization.” Lecture Series, Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, January 23, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2016 “What’s Religious about A Dead Body? Cadaver Donations in Taiwan.” Center for Modern East Asia, Georg-August University, July 25, Göttingen, Germany
2015 “Dying to Give: Buddhism and Cadaver Donations for Medical Education in Modern Taiwan.” Course on Topics in Cultural Anthropology, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute, July 8, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Dying to Give: Buddhism and Cadaver Donations for Medical Education in Modern Taiwan.” The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Lecture Series on Oral History, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, May 14, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Civility against Civil Society: Buddhism, Charity, and Ethnicity in Taiwan.” Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, April 17, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
“Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism” and “The Anthropology of Taiwanese Society.” Lecture Series at Taiwan Studies Center, University of California, February 2 and 4, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
2014 Book Manuscript Workshop, The Social Life of Goodness: Religious Philanthropy in Chinese Societies. Fairbank Center, Harvard University, December 12, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“The End(s) of Compassion: Buddhist Charity and the State in Taiwan.” Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, October 16, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2013 “Breaking Dead: Buddhist Cadavers for Medical Science.” Department of History, Brown University, November 14, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
2012 “Notes on Religious Welfare Organizations among the Chinese in Malaysia.” Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), October 24, Kampar Campus, Malaysia
“Taiwan Buddhism on a Global Stage.” Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Petaling Jaya Campus, October 23, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Buddhist Transnational Non-Governmental Organization.” 2012 Chuan Lyu Lectures in Taiwan Studies, Lecture Two. University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, May 16, Cambridge, the United Kingdom
“The Global Expansion of Taiwan Buddhism.” 2012 Chuan Lyu Lectures in Taiwan Studies, Lecture One. University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, May 14, Cambridge, the United Kingdom
2010 “Buddhist Trust Network between Taiwan and Malaysia.” Social Science Division seminar, Nanyang Technological University, November 26, Singapore
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Transnational Buddhist NGO." Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women’s Studies, and Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 17, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“Buddhist Spiritual Capital.” Spiritual Capital series, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, November 16, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“The Three Bodies of Charisma.” Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, October 29, Singapore
“Charisma and Compassion: A Genealogy of NGO-ness from Taiwan to the Globe.” Asia Trends public lecture series. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore in collaboration with National Library Singapore, April 7, Singapore
“The Gender of Charisma: Notes from a Transnational Buddhist NGO.” Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, April 2, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2009 “Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement.” Keynote. the 11th Sakyadhita International Conferences on Buddhist Women, December 28, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008 “Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement.” Instituttseminaret—SAI, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, August 20, Oslo, Norway
2007 “A Nun’s Tale: Taiwanese Buddhism and the Global Power of Personality.” Washington University at St. Louis, May 2, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
2006 “New Taiwanese Buddhism in Malaysia.” 10 Lenox Street Conversations, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, December 13, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
“Vietnamese-Taiwanese Transnational Marriage: Notes on Fieldwork in Southern Vietnam.” Vietnam Studies Colloquium, Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academic Sinica, May 26, Taipei, Taiwan (in Chinese)
“Taiwanese ‘Grassroots Globalization’: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Non-Governmental Organization from Taiwan.” Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, January 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000  “The Revival of Religious Activism and the Global Order: The Responses of Hindu Nationalism and Engaged Buddhism to the Challenges of Globalization.” Fall 2000 Lecture Series of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, “Doing Globalization Justice: A View from the World’s Religions.” American Academy of Arts and Sciences, December 6, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
國際會議論文發表
受邀工作坊、論壇、會議
2026 “Modern Body-Giving Bodhisattvas: Affect, Emotional Practice, and Ethics in the Whole-Body Donations to Tzu Chi.” Symposium on Applied Buddhism and the Contemporary Bodhisattva Path: Exploring the Future of Buddhism, May 7-9, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 
2023 Charisma and Compassion 2.0.” Symposium on Ven. Cheng Yen's Philosophy and Leadership. September 3-4. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts https://youtube.com/live/SANu_Y7uHO0
2020 “Endearing Cadavers: Buddhism and Corpse Donation in Contemporary Taiwan.” Graduate Student Workshop, “Religion, Pain and Selfhood: Anthropologists and the Study of Buddhism in Conversation.” October 3. Stanford University, Stanford, California https://youtu.be/w-TAre_C0OQ
2015 “Transpacific Bodhisattvas: Interacting Bipolar, Diasporic Circulations, and a New ‘Asian” Spirituality through Buddhist Charity.” Conference, “Transpacific Re-Orientations: Religion, Spirituality and the Invisible Connections between Asia and the Americas.” January 23–24, 2015, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
2014 “Scientific and Sacramental: Footprints of Tzu Chi’s Medical Charity in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Modern Chinese Buddhism.” May 14–16, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany
2014 “Dying to Give: Cadaver Donations as Dāna and Upeksha.” Discussing Dāna: A One-Day Symposium, “Buddhist Charity.” May 3, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2013 “The End(s) of Compassion? Buddhist ‘Church’ Charity, the State, and the Regime of Civil Morality in Taiwan.” SAR Advanced Seminar, “Faith-Based Charity and the Security State: Containing People and Finance in Risk Societies.” December 8–12, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 “Breaking Dead: Corpse Donation at a Buddhist Medical School in Taiwan.” Workshop, “The Social Lives of Dead Bodies in Modern China Workshop.” June 14–16, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2012 “Inter-Asia Connections: Buddhism and its Trust Networks between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Conference, “Multiculturalism in Monsoon Asia.” June 16–17, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
2012 “Beyond Taiwan: Proselytizing Taiwan Buddhism in Malaysia.” The First World Congress of Taiwan Studies. April 26–28, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2010 “Scientific and Sacramental: Medical Charities in the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Foundation.” International Workshop, “Medical Charities in Asia and the Middle East.” November 30–December 3, Penang, Malaysia
2010 “From Diasporic to Ecumenical: The Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malaysia.” Workshop, “Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism.” September 16–17, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2010 “Local Religion-based Social Capital and Transnational Charity Initiatives: A Case Study of the Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Religion and the Charitable Society.” July 1–3, University of Westminster, London, the United Kingdom
2010 “Religious Network, Volunteering, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of a Buddhist Welfare Organization in Malacca, Malaysia.” International Workshop, “Volunteering and Civic Engagement in Chinese Cities.” June 10–11, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2009 “The Geopolitics of Charisma and Compassion.” The 2nd France-Taiwan Frontiers of Science Conference, Taiwan’s National Science Council. June 19–25, Paris and Saint Malo, France
2009 “Provider and Facilitator: Religion and Social Capital among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Dialogic Conference, “Civic Engagement and Social Capital.” May 8–10, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2009 “Comparing Ethnic-Multiculturalism between Buddhism and Christianity in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Multiculturalism in Taiwan.” January 8–9, National Sun Yet-Sen University, Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
2008 “Indigenously Global: A Brief History of a Buddhist Charitable Organization in Taiwan.” Workshop, “Indigenous Charities.” November 6–7, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2008 “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Chinese Religions and Globalisation, 1800–Present.” University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies, July 3–6, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Unable to present in person)
2008 “Engaged Religions and Multiculturalism among Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies.” June 1–2, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2010 Book launch, Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement. 2010 Conference of the Taiwan Association of Religious Studies. May 21, Hong Shi College, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2007 “What Travel? Taiwanese Buddhism in Malaysia.” International conference, “Religion and Social Integration in Chinese Societies: Exploring Sociological Approaches to the Study of Religion in the Chinese World.” June 28–30, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2005 “What’s in a Body? The Embodiment of Charisma, the Collective, and the State by the Compassion Relief Movement of Taiwan.” International conference, “Religion, Modernity, and the State in China and Taiwan,” October 28–30, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
2005 “Female Charisma on a Global Stage: The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement.” Conference, “Women and Tourism: Crossing Women’s Time and Space,” Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, October 21, Seoul, South Korea
2005 “The ‘Three Bodies’ of A Buddhist Charismatic Movement in Taiwan.” Conference, “The Study of Chinese Buddhism.” June 10–12, Fo Guan Shan Xi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California
2004 “The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan and Its Mission of Education.” Conference, “The Development and Practice of Engaged Buddhism.” November 12–14, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
2004 “Engaged Buddhism, Culture, and Globalization: A Case Study of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation.” Conference, “Religious Doctrine, Practice, and Culture: Interdisciplinary Integration.” April 16–17, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 
2003 “Transcendence and Transformation of Self in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Conference, “Feminism: Consciousness, Identity, and Practice.” September 27–28, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2002 “Charisma in Motion: The Compassion Relief in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Conference, “Cities in Motion.” November 15–16, University of California, Berkeley, California.  (Co-authored and co-presented with Robert P. Weller.)
2001 “Globalization and Transnationalism: A Case Study of the Internationalization of the Tzu-Chi Foundation of Taiwan.” Conference, “Non-Profit Organization and Social Transformation under Globalization.” September 11–12, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
際大型會議論壇論文發表
2025 “The Invisible Moral Career of Dead Bodies: Families, Emotions, and Ethics in Bodily Donations in Taiwan.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 19-23, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2025 “‘Being Touched’ in the Buddhist Tzu Chi of Taiwan.” 2025 World Anthropological Union Congress, November 3-8, Antigua, Guatemala
2025 “A New Good Death: Bodily Donations and Their Intersections with Religions in Contemporary Taiwan.” EASSSR, July 18-20, Seoul, South Kore
2025 “The End of Long-Term Care: Narratives of Death and Dying from the Families of Whole-Body Donors in Taiwan.” Bi-annual meetings of the Taiwan Society of Medical Anthropology and the East Asian Medical Anthropology Network, June 13-14, Taipei, Taiwan.
2025 “The Moral Career of Dead Bodies: Whole Body Donations in Taiwan.” AAS-in-Asia 2025, June 1-4, Kathmandu, Nepal
2024 “Island of Donations.” Panel: Treatment of Human Remains as a Practice of Buddhist Ethics. Annual Meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, March 14-17, Seattle, Washington.
2015 “Productive Tears: Ethnography of and through Tears in a Taiwanese Buddhist Movement.” Annual meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, March 26–29, Chicago, Illinois 
2012 “The Ends of Compassion? Religion, Ethnicity and the State in Post Catastrophe Reconstruction Charity in Taiwan.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 14–18, San Francisco, California
2011 “Facilitators and Providers: Religion and Social Capital among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March 31–April 3, Honolulu, Hawai’i. (Unable to present in person.)
2010 “Buddhism and Its Trust Network between Taiwan, Malaysia, and the United States.” Social Science Research Council / National University Singapore / Hong Kong University (SSRC-NUS-HKU) Conference, “Inter-Asia Connections II: Singapore, National University of Singapore.” December 8–10, Singapore
2010 “Cultural Perspectives on Religion and NGO-ness: Notes from Taiwan and Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 17–21, New Orleans, Louisiana
2009 “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 2–6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 “Writing Against Transnationalism: Preliminary Notes on Vietnamese Female Marriage Migrants in Taiwan and Southern Vietnam.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 19–23, San Francisco, California
2006 “Civil Buddhism and Transnational Religious Civil Society: The Compassion Relief Movement in Chinese Societies.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, April 6–9, San Francisco, California
2005 “Taiwanese ‘Grassroots Globalization’: The Cultural Politics of a Global Buddhist Nongovernmental Organization from Taiwan.” The 4th International Convention for Asian Scholars (ICAS4), August 20–24, Shanghai, China
2005 “Buddhism Unbound: The Global Arena of the Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi (Ciji) Women.” Women's Worlds 2005 (WW05): 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, June 19–24, Seoul, South Korea
2005 “The ‘Three Bodies’ of A Buddhist Charismatic Movement in Taiwan.” 2005 biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, April 7–10, San Diego, California
2004 “The Changing Practice of a Buddhist Nongovernmental Organization during the Political Transformation of Taiwan, 1980s–1990s.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 15–19, Atlanta, Georgia
2003 “The Buddhist Compassion Relief Movement in Taiwan and Its Mission of Education.” Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 22–25, Atlanta, Georgia
“Body of Dharma, Spirit of Gender.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 19–23, Chicago, Illinois
“Is Democracy Friend or Foe? The Changing Practice of a Buddhist Non-Governmental Organization during the Political Transformation of Taiwan, 1980s–1990s.” The Third International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS3), August 19–22, Singapore
2002 “Feeling Charisma: The Transcendence and Transformation of Self in a Taiwanese Buddhist Charismatic Movement.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 20–24, New Orleans, Louisiana
“Sacred or Profane? Ciji (Tzu-Chi) Transnationalism,” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, April, Washington, District of Columbia
2001 “Unscripted Emotion: Crying in a Taiwanese Charismatic Religious Movement.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December, Washington, District of Columbia
“Buddhist ‘New Life’ Movement in Taiwan in the 1990s.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March, Chicago, Illinois.
研究經費(僅列主要經費)
2026-30 Co-PI. “Building an Oral History Database for Taiwan’s Science and Technology Clusters.” Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council. PI: Kuang-chi Hung; Co-PI: Ya-chung Chuang, Hua-mei Chiu
2022-25 Collaborator. “Research on Master Cheng Yen.” Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
2017-18 Proposal Writer. “Repositioning Locality.” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University—Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Collaborative Program for Student Fieldwork. NT$350,000
2012-15 PI. “The Gifts of the Body: Corpse Donation at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical School in Taiwan,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC 101-2410-H-007-034-MY2) NT$1,186,000
2010-12 PI. “The End(s) of the Public and the Engaged: Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Malaysia,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC 99-2410-H-007 -008 -MY2) NT$2,318, 000
2010 PI. “Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Contemporary Malacca, Malaysia” Booster research grant, the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University, funded by Ministry of Education, Taiwan. (99N2924E1) NT$853,000
2009-10 PI. “Religion and Welfare among the Chinese in Contemporary Malacca, Malaysia” Full-time research assistant grant, funded by Ministry of Education, Taiwan. (98J0055E1) NT$300,000
2009 PI, Proposal Writer, and Team Leader. “Gender and Globalization: Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia,” funded by the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University. (98N29431) NT$1,500,000
2009 Distinguished Book Publication Award, funded by the Office of Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University. (98N2601E1) 
2008-10 PI. “Gods on Deeds: Engaged Religions and Multiculturalism among the Chinese in Malacca, Malaysia,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC97-2410-H-007-045-MY2) NT$1,738,000
2008-09 Proposal Writer. “Boundaries and Matters: Ethnicity, Difference, Globalization,” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University–Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Collaborative Program for Student Fieldwork. NTD$ 500,000
2006-08 PI. “Women as the Carriers of Religious Transnationalism: The Compassion Relief Movement from Taiwan,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC95-2412-H-007-003-) NT$588,000
2005-08 PI. “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies,” funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (International Director: Robert P. Weller, Boston University). (RG009-D-4) NT$2,300,000 (transferred US$42,000 to Boston University)
2004-06 PI. “Making Values from Two Worlds Fit: Migrant Women and Their Transnational Culture,” funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC93-2420-H-007-006-KD; NSC94-2420-H-007-001-KD) NT$1,878,100
2003-05 PI. “The Religious Transnationalism of the Buddhist Compassion Relief (Tzu-Chi) Foundation in Taiwan,” funded by National Science Council, Taiwan. (NSC92-2412-H-007-008-; NSC93-2412-H-007-004-) NT$1,176,700
服務
學術服務
籌辦國際會議等
2026 Julie Chu的「履行」沈浸式體驗展與【數位人類學】期末學生海報展,清華大學人類所,策展人:林侑葶。Organizer. VR Exhibition: “Fulfillment” by Julie Y. Chu, in conjunction with the ANTH: “Digital Anthropology” Poster Sessions. June 4-5. National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan. Curator: Youting Lin
2026 「拆解」工作坊,清華大學與芝加哥大學合辦,陽明交通大學協辦。Co-organizer. Workshop: “Rebooting Ethnography - A Hackathon on Methods.” National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan. May 14. Organizer: Julie Y. Chu
2009 Co-Initiator (with Anru Lee) and Co-organizer. SEAA Taipei 2009 Conference, “East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia,” Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association. July 2–5, Taipei, Taiwan. (Funded by National Tsing Hua University, Academia Sinica, and the CCK Foundation, and hosted by Academia Sinica; with 350 international participants and 37 panels)
2008 Organizer. International conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies,” College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, June 1–2, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education)
籌辦國際會議小組論壇
2025 Organizer. “Reframing Death through Silence: Deaths at Wartime, Pandemic Time, and Frozen Time in China and Taiwan.” AAS-in-Asia 2025, Kathmandu, Nepa
2015 Co-organizer. Panel, “Re-Sacralizing the Familiar & De-Sacralizing the Strange:  Shifting Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane Across Asia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Denver, Colorado.(Co-organized with Mayfair Yang)
2010 Organizer. Panel, “Merits-Go-Round? NGO-ness and Volunteerism in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association
2009 Organizer. Panel, “Crossing Space and Making Boundaries.” SEAA Taipei 2009 conference, “East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia,” Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2008 Organizer. International conference, “Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Chinese Societies.” College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, June 1–2, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education)
2008 Organizer. Study Group, “Ethnographies by Unni Wikan.” National Tsing Hua University, National Chiao Tung University, and Academia Sinica. Funded by Taiwan’s National Science Council
2006-2007 Co-organizer. Seminar series, “Asian Cultures.” The Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2005 Organizer. Series, “Listen to Her! Marriage Migrants on ‘Foreign Bride’ Documentaries.” Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University, Qingcaohu Community College, and Hsinchu City Government. Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Funded by Hsinchu City Government.)
2005 Organizer. Panel, “Engendering Dharma: Female Leadership in Taiwanese Buddhism.” Women’s Worlds 2005 (WW05), Seoul, Korea.
2004 Co-organizer. Workshop, “Anthropology of Cultural Change and Globalization.” Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University and Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
2004 Organizer. Workshop, “Marriage and Multiculturalism.” Research Program on Gender and Society, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
2003 Organizer. Panel, “Why Body? Embodiment, Discipline, and Symbolism in Gender and Religion in Asia.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
2002 Co-organizer (with Alanna Cooper). Panel, “Charisma Revisited.” Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
2002 Organizer. Panel, “Wings of Belief: Modern Chinese Religious Transnationalism.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies.
國際會議小組論壇主持人及評論人
2016 Discussant. Panel, “Religion, Family, and Gender in East Asia: Ethnographic Approaches.” Annual Meeting for the Association for Asian Studies, Seattle, Washington. 
2013 Discussant. Roundtable, “Religion and Development in China: Innovations and Implications.” Asia Research Institute. National University of Singapore, Singapore.  
2011 Discussant. Panel, “From Marginality to Liminality: Culture, Geography, and Identity Formation in Taiwan.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2010 Chair and Discussant. Panel, “The Cultural Politics of Marriage in the Contemporary PRC and Taiwan: Tradition and Change.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2008 Discussant. Panel, “New Directions in Fieldwork on Chinese Buddhism: Comparing Approaches from Religious Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology.” Annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
2007 Discussant. Panel, “Taiwan’s Globalization.” Conference, “Data and Interpretation: on Contemporary Understanding of Anthropological Knowledge.” Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2005 Respondent. Women’s Worlds 2005 (WW05), Gender and Religion Session. Keynote: “What’s God Got to Do with It? Reflections on the Place of Religion in a Women’s Studies Curriculum.” Prof. Naomi R. Goldenberg. Seoul, Korea
教學
指導學位論文(不含擔任口試委員)
清大系所 姓名 學位論文標題 獲獎
2005 社會學研究所 曾鈺琪 (Tseng, Yu-chi) 逃不開的人情關係網絡? : 從客家婦女的志願性服務工作探討社區參與和社區溝通中的社會資本與人情關係網絡 (李丁讚共同指導) 行政院客委會論文獎助
2006 人類學研究所 莊廣婷 (Chuang, Kuang-ting) 傳統、流言與束縛 : 金門聚福村女性對婚姻與生育的詮釋 = Traditions, Gossips, and Constraints: Women's Interpretations of Marriage and Birth at the Jufu Village, Kinmen  
2006 人類學研究所 翁俊發 (Ong, Chun-fa) 製作地方味:南投松柏坑茶區烏龍茶商品標準的知識建構及其變遷 = Making the Flavor of Locality: Knowledge Construction of Sense Standard of Oolong Tea in the Mingjian Tea District, Nantou, Taiwan 飲食文化基金會
2006 人類學研究所 蕭清華 (Hsiao, Tsing-hua) 真亦假時假亦真:談台灣名牌精品與仿冒品消費的人類學反思 = At the Border of Real and Unreal: An Anthropological Reflection on the Consumption of Luxury Brands and Their Counterfeits in Taiwan  
2007 人類學研究所 謝筱莟 (Hsieh, Hsiao-han) 從教會到社會:基督教會、儲蓄互助社與公民社會的關係之初探  
2008 人類學研究所 王劭予 (Wang, Shao-yu) 上嫁或下嫁?.-俄羅斯女性配偶在台生活經驗初探 = Hypergamy or Hypogamy?-A Preliminary Research on the Russian Spouses in Taiwan 台灣人類學民族學會論文獎
2009 人類學研究所 趙婉容 (Chao, Wan-rong) 跨國孟母?新加坡的中國陪讀媽媽 = Transnational Mencius's Mother? The China-National "Study Mama" in Singapore  
2009 人類學研究所 張慧娜 What is Culture in Lijiang?: Discourses and Life in a Tourism Setting in Southwest China  
2009 社會學研究所 彭嘉麗 佛教青年之宗教獻身與消費文化:以台灣慈濟,佛光山為例 (李丁讚共同指導)  
2010 人類學研究所 張蕙雯 公民社會的性別與文化:新移民女性志願團體參與之反思  
2010 人類學研究所 黃心儀 (Huang, Hsin-yi) 現代佛教青年的養成機制:以台灣福智青年為例   
2010 人類學研究所 邱晏樺 無聲的街道?:台灣中型城市的發展與日常生活實踐 (莊雅仲共同指導)  
2011 人類學研究所 劉詠芬 旅出生活:談青年旅舍在當代中國社會情境下的空間想像與實踐(莊雅仲共同指導)  
2012 人類學研究所 蔡易軒 從「外國的」青島到「中國的」青島: 一個城市形象的文化政治生產過程 = From A "Foreign" Qingdao to A "Chinese" Qingdao: The Cultural-Politics of A City's Image 日本國際交流學會
2012 人類學研究所 李姿穎 「綁」在一起的彼此:家庭脈絡下的老年人與外籍看護關係探討  
2013 臺灣研究教師在職進修碩士學位班 梁郁翎 現代台灣新娘主體意識的探討--從婚紗現象面向來分析  
2013 人類學研究所 高瑋毅 跨國Pangcah從台灣到南非:家,教會,族群認同,適應與發展 = Transnational Pangcah From Taiwan to South Africa: Home, Church, Ethnic Identity, Adaptation and Development  
2013 人類學研究所 黃靖軒 市場與清真寺的交會-論義烏伊斯蘭現象  
         
      國科會大專生研究計劃 計畫編號
2005 人社系 郭登峰 想像她者--大陸新娘之媒體建構 94-2815-C-007-024-H
授課
大學部-清華大學 飲食文化、人類學思潮、全球化與文化、經典閱讀、性別與宗教、人類學導論 、文化人類學導論、心理人類學
大學部-其他 Anthropology through Film 
Bodies in Chinese Culture 
Food and Culture
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 
Introduction to the Biological and Cultural Evolution of Humans
Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance: Urban Ethnicity with a Focus on Diasporan Religions in the US 
The Buddhist Body in East Asia: Charisma, Gender, and the “Gift” of the Body
研究所 當代人類學理論
數位人類學
「好」的人類學Contemporary Anthropological Theory
跨國主義與全球化
人類學方法論
文化人類學專題
宗教人類學
性別與宗教:人類學觀點
性別與全球化
性別與權力
宗教與公民社會
宗教與現代性
The Buddhist Body in East Asia: Charisma, Gender, and the “Gift” of the Body (Stanford)